diff --git a/packages/app-cli/tests/support/test_notes/md/invalid-image-link.md b/packages/app-cli/tests/support/test_notes/md/invalid-image-link.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac44bf788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app-cli/tests/support/test_notes/md/invalid-image-link.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+![sample](./invalid-image.jpg)
diff --git a/packages/app-cli/tests/support/test_notes/md/invalid-image.jpg b/packages/app-cli/tests/support/test_notes/md/invalid-image.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..824a4b76f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app-cli/tests/support/test_notes/md/invalid-image.jpg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+![sample](./sample-no-links.md)
diff --git a/packages/lib/services/interop/InteropService_Importer_Md.test.ts b/packages/lib/services/interop/InteropService_Importer_Md.test.ts
index 5a97f0084..e6fde6685 100644
--- a/packages/lib/services/interop/InteropService_Importer_Md.test.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/services/interop/InteropService_Importer_Md.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import Folder from '../../models/Folder';
 import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { createTempDir, setupDatabaseAndSynchronizer, supportDir, switchClient } from '../../testing/test-utils';
 import { MarkupToHtml } from '@joplin/renderer';
-import { FolderEntity } from '../database/types';
+import { FolderEntity, NoteEntity, ResourceEntity } from '../database/types';
+import Resource from '../../models/Resource';
 
 
 describe('InteropService_Importer_Md', () => {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ describe('InteropService_Importer_Md', () => {
 		});
 		importer.setMetadata({ fileExtensions: ['md'] });
 		await importer.exec({ warnings: [] });
-		const allNotes = await Note.all();
+		const allNotes: NoteEntity[] = await Note.all();
 		return allNotes[0];
 	}
 	async function importNoteDirectory(path: string) {
@@ -184,4 +185,14 @@ describe('InteropService_Importer_Md', () => {
 
 		expect(noteBeingReferenced.parent_id).toBe(targetFolder.id);
 	});
+
+	it('should not fail to import file that contains a link to a file that does not exist', async () => {
+		// The first implicit test is that the below call doesn't throw due to the invalid image
+		const note = await importNote(`${supportDir}/test_notes/md/invalid-image-link.md`);
+		const links = Note.linkedItemIds(note.body);
+		expect(links.length).toBe(1);
+		const resource: ResourceEntity = await Resource.load(links[0]);
+		// The invalid image is imported as-is
+		expect(resource.title).toBe('invalid-image.jpg');
+	});
 });
diff --git a/packages/lib/services/interop/InteropService_Importer_Md.ts b/packages/lib/services/interop/InteropService_Importer_Md.ts
index eebdca549..92fb9af26 100644
--- a/packages/lib/services/interop/InteropService_Importer_Md.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/services/interop/InteropService_Importer_Md.ts
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export default class InteropService_Importer_Md extends InteropService_Importer_
 
 						id = this.importedNotes[resolvedPath].id;
 					} else {
-						const resource = await shim.createResourceFromPath(pathWithExtension);
+						const resource = await shim.createResourceFromPath(pathWithExtension, null, { resizeLargeImages: 'never' });
 						id = resource.id;
 					}
 
diff --git a/packages/lib/shim-init-node.ts b/packages/lib/shim-init-node.ts
index d21e226e3..38a3fb642 100644
--- a/packages/lib/shim-init-node.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/shim-init-node.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import shim from './shim';
+import shim, { CreateResourceFromPathOptions } from './shim';
 import GeolocationNode from './geolocation-node';
 import { setLocale, defaultLocale, closestSupportedLocale } from './locale';
 import FsDriverNode from './fs-driver-node';
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { basename, fileExtension, safeFileExtension } from './path-utils';
 import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
 import * as pdfJsNamespace from 'pdfjs-dist';
 import { writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
+import { ResourceEntity } from './services/database/types';
 
 const { FileApiDriverLocal } = require('./file-api-driver-local');
 const mimeUtils = require('./mime-utils.js').mime;
@@ -263,10 +264,13 @@ function shimInit(options: ShimInitOptions = null) {
 	// from a file, and update one. To update a resource, pass the
 	// destinationResourceId option. This method is indirectly tested in
 	// Api.test.ts.
-	shim.createResourceFromPath = async function(filePath, defaultProps = null, options = null) {
-		options = { resizeLargeImages: 'always', // 'always', 'ask' or 'never'
+	shim.createResourceFromPath = async function(filePath, defaultProps: ResourceEntity = null, options: CreateResourceFromPathOptions = null) {
+		options = {
+			resizeLargeImages: 'always', // 'always', 'ask' or 'never'
 			userSideValidation: false,
-			destinationResourceId: '', ...options };
+			destinationResourceId: '',
+			...options,
+		};
 
 		const readChunk = require('read-chunk');
 		const imageType = require('image-type');
diff --git a/packages/lib/shim.ts b/packages/lib/shim.ts
index ac8f935c4..a7c97589d 100644
--- a/packages/lib/shim.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/shim.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import { NoteEntity, ResourceEntity } from './services/database/types';
 import type FsDriverBase from './fs-driver-base';
 
+export interface CreateResourceFromPathOptions {
+	resizeLargeImages?: 'always' | 'never' | 'ask';
+	userSideValidation?: boolean;
+	destinationResourceId?: string;
+}
+
 let isTestingEnv_ = false;
 
 // We need to ensure that there's only one instance of React being used by all
@@ -202,7 +208,7 @@ const shim = {
 		return r.text();
 	},
 
-	createResourceFromPath: async (_filePath: string, _defaultProps: any = null, _options: any = null): Promise<ResourceEntity> => {
+	createResourceFromPath: async (_filePath: string, _defaultProps: ResourceEntity = null, _options: CreateResourceFromPathOptions = null): Promise<ResourceEntity> => {
 		throw new Error('Not implemented');
 	},